Morphological changes of Klebsiella pneumoniae in response to Cefotaxime: A scanning electron microscope study

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2263-2266

  Rajeshwari, H ^a   Nagveni, S ^a   Oli, Ajay ^a   Parashar, Deepti ^b   Chandrakanth, Kelmani R ^a  

^a GULBARGA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cefotaxime; K. pneumoniae; Morphological changes; Scanning electron microscopy; Step wise adaptation

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CONCENTRATION OF; K. PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RESISTANT MUTANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 76349084989     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-009-0126-z     Document Type: Article

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